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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the following best describes Helen's sense when she first makes the connection that the spellings are the names of things?
2. Which of the following best describes Helen's relationship with Martha as they played together?
3. What did Helen compare the trip she took to?
4. Which of the following best describes Helen's first nineteen months of life?
5. For how many years did Helen live in isolation?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Helen spend her days when she was with her family at Fern Quarry?
2. How did Helen sometimes feel toward her peers and why did she feel this way?
3. How did Helen begin to learn how to read?
4. What happened when Helen wrote her very first story?
5. How did Helen imitate her father?
6. How did Helen feel about Anne's attempts to teach her the manual alphabet?
7. How did Helen feel about Shakespeare and how did her feelings change from the time she was a child to an young adult?
8. How did Helen take her preliminary exams to enter Radcliffe College?
9. In what way did Helen consider herself lucky in regards to nature?
10. After the fever what memories about sight and sound did Helen have left?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Do you believe that Helen gives Anne the appropriate credit, too much credit or too little credit? Why do you feel this way?
Essay Topic 2
Why do you think books played such an important part in Helen's life? What plays the most important part in your life? Why do you think that is the case?
Essay Topic 3
In looking at Helen's experience at Gilman's school the second year, what aspects do you think led to the conflict? Which events do you think were Helen's doing? Which do you think were the schools? Do you think it was justified to remove her from the school? Why or why not?
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